Summer season is here again and it’s been mighty hot! It’s been really busy down here on the Mornington Peninsula, with fires down on the Great Ocean Road near Lorne sending many a holiday maker over this way instead in the week after Christmas, leaving the beaches packed with people from McCrae, Rosebud, Tootgarook and Rye through to Blairgowrie, Sorrento and Portsea. This translates to a lot of boating action and people enjoying themselves on the water as well, so we’ve had a mix of bay fishing and ocean fishing to step away from the hustle and bustle.

Fishing has been good with whiting, flathead, silver trevally, calamari and Australian salmon in decent numbers. As always, it’s fishing so some days it takes a little longer than others to get the job done but we haven’t yet failed to send everyone home with a feed (touch wood) and have had some stellar reviews come in. Gotta love it when people take the time out of their busy lives to drop us a line and get in touch with feedback! Cheers guys. You can read some of our recent feedback -> -> -> here. (Click!)

We’ve had a good mix of beginners and experienced anglers this summer season, quite a few families getting the boat to themselves for a family day out for something fun to do over the school holidays. It’s awesome to see kids begin to realise, hey I can do this! You can pinpoint the moment they’re hooked for life. A lot of family members are enjoying catching up with each other out on the water as well. The crew pictured here had the boat to themselves as a surprise birthday gift for one of the fellas’ birthdays, with his best mate along for the trip too. Major brownie points there, I’m pretty sure most of us would be happy with that birthday present!

A few kingies around, not too many as yet but some lucky passengers who were open minded on what they wanted to target have lucked out and we’ve got onto a school or two. Sometimes it pays to just get out there on charter and if the tide, wind and bait gods decide they’d like to work together then we’ll have a go for them among other fishing. It’s good fun! (Book a fishing trip here)

If you’re thinking about getting out on the water then get in quick, January is a busy month and I’m fielding a lot of phone calls. Contact us to enquire or book here or call on 0488229752 and if it goes to voice mail then leave a message (with your number!) and I’ll get back to you once I’m off the water

Tight lines!

Joe

JOE FARR FISHING CHARTERS is a professional bay and ocean fishing charter  for small groups of up to 6 people. Joe Farr Fishing Charters operates in Port Phillip Bay, Bass Strait & takes charters in the Rip around Port Phillip Heads. Joe takes fishing trips from Melbourne’s must-see Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula and also Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula, about an hour south of Melbourne Victoria. Fishing for what’s biting best in the bay and ocean, plus sport, game and local fishing for food. Also available for non-fishing boat charter. Bookings are essential on 0488229752 or contact Joe online here.

Hey all! Here are some pics from the last few days of kingfishing. Not too shabby! For the uninitiated, kingfish are one of those ‘bucket list’ fish and fishing for them is some of the most exciting fishing the Sorrento area has to offer. They come into the area early in January and the bigger ones are usually caught a little later in the season. No matter the size, they fight hard and they fish smart, which means fishing for them is real fishing, where you lose as many as you land, keeping many anglers coming back for that one that got away! Our strike rate has been pretty good so far and customers are loving fishing for the smaller kingies on lighter line while we try for the bigger Melbourne kingfish as well. Once hooked they are a fantastic fish to fight and bring in. Interested in a trip? Call 0488229752

For booking info for kingfish charters call on 0488229752 – try to get a group of 4 together and you’ll have the best chance of getting your preferred date

We’ve been fishing through December with good results on whiting, calamari, blue-spot flathead, sand flathead, trevally, gummy shark and snapper. As usual not too many posts during the busy season, there’s only so much time in the day! Now time to turn attention to the kingies as well as doing some more of the same; the good thing about Melbourne’s southern Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait area is that you can be fishing for big game sport fish one second and decide to try for whiting or calamari the next, and all going well you can do it in the one trip.

My kingfish charters are kept to 4 people only so that we can chase these fish all around the boat without getting tangled in a crowd! It helps to be a little flexible on your availability as they are tide dependant fish so the start times for trips will vary, which is why I take expressions of interest and put together trips made from this. To jump on board with us call me on 0488229752. We’ve still got some weekends free in Feb at this stage but lots of enquiries so first in best dressed, and getting your preferred date is a lot easier if you can get a group of 4 together, plus you will have the boat to yourselves.

For Booking info for Melbourne kingfish charters (departing Sorrento) with us click HERE

As usual, tight lines!

Joe

JOE FARR FISHING CHARTERS is a professional bay and ocean fishing charter exclusively for small groups. Joe Farr Fishing Charters operates in Port Phillip Bay, Bass Strait & takes charters in the Rip around Port Phillip Heads. Joe Farr Fishing Charters departs from Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula and Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula, about an hour south of Melbourne Victoria. Fishing for what’s biting in bay and ocean, sport, game and local fishing for food. Also available for non-fishing boat charter. Bookings essential on 0488229752 or contact Joe online here.